I wasn't planning on being a comedian; I just liked to laugh. Somebody said I should do it and that's how I… — Jamie Kennedy Copy Share Image
Ultimately, an audience wants to laugh. That's who they like, the comedian who makes them laugh. — Ted Alexandro Copy Share Image
I wasn't expecting to really draw in respected comedians but it's going to happen along the way and I'm truly honored by… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I love following my friend Tony Zaret on Instagram. He's a super funny comedian who makes these parodies of memes, and Instagram… — Scott Rogowsky Copy Share Image
I never thought much about success early on. I only thought about being a comedian - or just being in show business,… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences. — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
As a comedian, I can walk out in front of 5000 people and not worry about a thing. Not a thing, believe… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
I guess I still feel that I'm a comedian; if I had to pick one thing that I feel like I could… — Larry David Copy Share Image
Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a… — Ike Barinholtz Copy Share Image
As we got older, we grew comfortable in roles that met our parents' expectations. Nora was the smart one. Delia, the comedian.… — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
The only time I get sick of making people laugh is when I'm in a non-writing-joke mode, and I just can't seem… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I am a product... I'm a comedian. I'm not curing cancer. In the end, I tell jokes. I make people laugh. I… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
I kind of was raised at The Comedy Store by comedians. When you see my dad on stage before me and then… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian, and I decided I wanted to be a comedian when I was eight years old watching old Saturday Night… — Andy Samberg Copy Share Image
I like what a third man brings. A kind of oblique vision, seeing something in the material that you didn't know was… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
Every comedian is furious. Age makes me angry. I'm unhappy at not being able to open packages anymore. I'm angry that libraries… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
The only way I'd want to do something in television would be if it was about how I think as a comedian.… — Brian Regan Copy Share Image
Conclusions are based in time. We live in time. So any definition of success is bound up with time. With other things… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
If the audience is responding very well to comedians that are hacks, and I don't do well, I don't feel as bad,… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
I remember, when I was in university I studied history, and there was this one major historian of the Third Reich, Ian… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
Joke number 1, I have a bit of a problem with jokes, bit of a handicap for a comedian obviously, um, I… — Bill Bailey Copy Share Image
We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
Being a comedian is probably the only job apart from undertaking that isn't age restricted. — Peter Kay Copy Share Image
If all you had to be was a comedian to be a good football player. Bob Hope would be great. But you… — Cris Collinsworth Copy Share Image
Even if I wasn't an actress or a comedian, I would be spreading love and laughter [with] whatever I did. — Kim Coles Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy. — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I put a new engine in my car, but forgot to take the old one out. Now my car goes 500 miles… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What keeps me going is that this I all there is. I am a comedian, and this is what I do. It's… — Iliza Shlesinger Copy Share Image
I'm friends with a lot of comedians, but we don't talk about material. Most comedians I know don't watch a lot of… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Because you make me laugh don't make you a comic. A comedian is a person who, that's how they make their living. — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
There really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode. — Tom Leykis Copy Share Image
“I'm lucky I'm a comedian, 'cause otherwise my life would just be a series of undocumented low points.” — Kyle Kinane Copy Share Image
A comedian who starts talking to himself becomes his own audience. This is fatal. — Fred Allen Copy Share Image
All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people. — Larry King Copy Share Image
I can't be typecast as a comedian. Only an actor capable of doing three-dimensional roles can do comedy. — Rajpal Yadav Copy Share Image
Too much comedy today is vulgar, not clever. I say that as a comedian and as a consumer. — Mort Sahl Copy Share Image
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